The Goebbles Experiment
First Run Features | Release Date: August 12, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A fascinating, veritable self-portrait, masterfully culled from a trove of archival materials. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
A rare and chilling glimpse into a brilliant but toxic mind. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Brilliantly edited for drama and irony, The Goebbels Experiment juxtaposes little-seen German propaganda films with excerpts from Goebbels' diary. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Informative and illuminating. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle Smith
Seeing what Hitler's propaganda minister saw, hearing only his diary entries and what he heard, we effectively live inside the monster's head. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Weirdly enthralling film. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Would be funny if it weren't so horrifying. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Ultimately, the project suffers from a nearly complete lack of contextualization. We could surely use some background on Goebbels' complicity in mass genocide while listening to him brag about his beautiful, healthy children and happy family life. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Mostly though, The Goebbels Experiment proves that historical figures have the worst perspective on themselves. Read full review
50
VarietyDerek Elley
A man whose name has become a byword for pure evil gets a disarming makeover in The Goebbels Experiment. Far from being the horror show expected from its title, Lutz Hachmeister's cool, almost anti-dramatic docu paints a portrait of an insecure manic-depressive solely through extracts from Joseph Goebbels' own voluminous diaries. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJoshua Land
The master propagandist comes across here as a brooding, insecure megalomaniac--or at times, a bitchy member of a particularly malevolent high school clique, an effect enhanced by some of narrator Kenneth Branagh's English line readings. Read full review
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